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Bob Bell 🇨🇦
@thebirderbob.bsky.social
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Avid birder, Lyme patient, author of "Out of the Lyme Light and into the Sunlight" Read about my frustrating journey with Lyme, and how birding helps me cope with chronic pain. Photos all by me. #birds #cats #Lyme #naturetherapy #wellness #birding
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 22d
Proud to post this link to the article that I wrote in the September issue of @aba.org's Birding magazine - much easier to read than the scanned jpgs I posted earlier. Thank you ABA and @birdizlife.bsky.social! #birds #birding #Lyme #Lymedisease #wellness

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Birding and Wellness - American Birding Association
After Lyme disease forced him into retirement, geologist Bob Bell found healing in birding, improving wellness, sharing knowledge, and inspiring people to connect with birds.
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 58m
Thanks!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 58m
Clearly not happy with me taking its photo!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 2h
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 2h
I can't imagine Loshi ever setting foot in snow! Not a chance his highness would do that!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 2h
thanks!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 5h
Nice shot!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 5h
Thank you!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 6h
Happy #caturday to those who celebrate! Here's Loshi out for a walk at the end of August. He's not quite so keen now that the days are cooling off.
Our Russian Blue cat Loshi sitting on a limestone block in our backyard, with brown-eyed susans behind him. He's wearing his bright orange collar which really stands out against his gray fur.
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 6h
An Osprey giving me "the look" - perhaps I was looking fishy. #birds #birding #osprey #BirdOfTheDay #HamOnt
An osprey is perched on the edge of his nesting platform, which has weathered lime green with some sort of lichen on it. He's looking very intently at me.
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 7h
Great capture!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 1d
On their way!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 1d
They're on their way!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 1d
The Dark-eyed Juncos have settled in for their winter vacation. Here's one soaking up the sun in the backyard a few days ago. #birds #birding #sparrow #Ancaster #Bobsbackyard #HamOnt
A dark-eyed junco is resting on a limestone block in my backyard. Its back is to me, and it is looking over its shoulder towards the right, showing off its pink beak.
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 1d
What an honour to be hosted by @naturecanada.bsky.social to speak about #birds and #birding as therapy for coping with chronic illness, in my case #Lymedisease. Join us on October 21st at 2 pm!
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Nature Canada @naturecanada.bsky.social · 1d
Join Nature Canada and Canadian Author, Bob Bell @thebirderbob.bsky.social for an outstanding free webinar where we explore the intersectionality of disability (both visible and not) and birding.

Register here:
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Promotional image for a free webinar titled 'Out of the Lyme Light & Into the Sunlight' featuring author Bob Bell, scheduled for October 21, 2025, at 2 pm EST. Hosted by Nature Canada with a logo of Birdability featuring a stylized bird. Bob Bell is shown holding his book, smiling.
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 2d
I love when the Hermit Thrushes arrive from their northern breeding grounds for a stopover to refuel before moving on. I spotted this one yesterday feeding on grape ivy growing on a spruce tree. #birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt
A hermit thrush leaning forward, bent down to select the best looking grape Hermit thrush giving a quick wing flap to regain its balance Success! Hermit thrush with its prize, a deep blue coloured grape
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 2d
"Mayhem" .....perfect word!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 3d
Pileated Woodpeckers can sure do a lot of damage! #birds #birding #pileatedwoodpecker #Ancaster #HamOnt
A tree with a series of long, vertical holes drilled into by a Pileated Woodpecker. Zoomed in shot. A tree with a series of long, vertical holes drilled into by a Pileated Woodpecker. Zoomed out shot.
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 3d
Vladdy!!!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 4d
Purple Martins from back in the spring. The way the female is posing on the grass, she looks like a miniature falcon to me. #birds #birding
A female purple martin standing on grassy ground, looking over her shoulder to the left side of the image. This pose makes her look muscular, like a mini-falcon. A male purple martin perched on the entrance to his condo, yelling at something!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 5d
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 5d
Interesting spot for a Canada Goose. #birds #Birding #TommyThompsonpark #Toronto
A Canada Goose resting on top of thick, rusty pipe sticking vertically out of the water, with a sign attached to it.
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 5d
I'm sorry, I can't - this was at one of my neighbors, and he jury-rigged it so that it was supported from the bottom rather than from the top hook.
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 6d
It was manufactured for Wild Birds Unlimited, hope that helps!
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 6d
Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird taken in late August #birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt #hummingbird
A hummingbird perched on the edge of a nectar feeder, drinking, with her wings opened in a hover A female hummingbird perched on the right side of a nectar feeder, drinking A female hummingbird perched on the right side of a nectar feeder, sitting upright, with her head slightly cocked upwards A female hummingbird perched on a bare branch, with her back to the camera, looking off to the right
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